Pathology of the Cardiovascular System

Special Pathology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Estudio sistemático y exhaustivo de las enfermedades que afectan al corazón y los vasos sanguíneos: patogenia molecular, morfología macroscópica y microscópica, biomarcadores y correlaciones clínicas de relevancia diagnóstica y pronóstica.

What it covers

1. Introduction, Epidemiology and Conceptual Framework
2. Atherosclerosis: Pathogenesis, Morphology and Complications
3. · 2.1 Arteriosclerosis: Types and Definitions
4. · 2.2 Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis: The Injury Response Hypothesis
5. · 2.3 Morphology: Sequence Lesions
6. · 2.4 Risk Factors: Molecular Mechanisms
7. Ischemic Heart Disease: Clinical-Pathological Spectrum
8. · 3.1 Angina Pectoris
9. · 3.2 Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
10. Acute Myocardial Infarction: Evolutionary Morphology and Complications
11. · 4.1 IAM Types by Extension
12. · 4.2 Evolutionary Morphology of Infarction: Temporal Phases
13. · 4.3 Complications of AMI
14. Biomarkers of Myocardial Damage: Kinetics and Clinical Application
15. Heart Failure: Pathogenesis and Morphology
16. · 6.1 Compensating Mechanisms and Their Maladaptation
17. · 6.2 HF with Reduced EF vs. Preserved
18. · 6.3 IC morphology
19. Hypertensive Heart Disease and Hypertensive Vascular Disease
20. · 7.1 Hypertensive Heart
21. · 7.2 Hypertensive Arteriolosclerosis: Hyaline vs. Hyperplastic
22. Valvular Heart Diseases
23. · 8.1 Aortic Stenosis (AS)
24. · 8.2 Mitral Insufficiency (MI)
25. · 8.3 Mitral Stenosis (MS)
26. · 8.4 Infectious Endocarditis (IE)
27. Cardiomyopathies: Classification and Pathogenesis
28. · 9.1 Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)
29. · 9.2 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
30. · 9.3 Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (RCM)
31. · 9.4 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
32. Myocarditis, Pericarditis and Inflammatory Heart Diseases
33. · 10.1 Myocarditis
34. · 10.2 Pericarditis
35. Congenital Heart Diseases: Classification and Pathophysiology
36. Primary and Secondary Cardiac Tumors
37. · 12.1 Atrial myxoma
38. · 12.2 Other Primary Tumors
39. · 12.3 Secondary Tumors (Cardiac Metastases)
40. Aorta Pathology: Aneurysms and Dissection
41. · 13.1 Aortic Aneurysms
42. · 13.2 Aortic Dissection
43. Systemic Vasculitis: Classification and Morphology
44. Venous Pathology, Thrombosis and Thromboembolism
45. · 15.1 Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
46. · 15.2 Pulmonary Thromboembolism (PTE)
47. · 15.3 Varicose Veins and Chronic Venous Disease
48. Cardiogenic Shock: Pathophysiology and Biochemical Markers
49. Consolidated Reference Tables in Cardiovascular Pathology
50. · 17.1 Key Diagnostic Criteria
51. · 17.2 Morphology of the Main Lesions in Summary
52. · 17.3 Biochemical Reference Values in Cardiovascular Pathology